India, March 14 -- Unlike last year's budget which had a projected deficit of around Rs.2 crore, All India Football Federation (AIFF) has presented one with a surplus of Rs.30 lakh for the next fiscal. But since AIFF's overall projected income is down by nearly Rs.11 crore from 2023-24, there has been a lot of pruning in expenditure on football activities in the budget passed at AIFF's annual general meeting on Sunday. HT has a copy.

For 2024-25, AIFF slashed nearly Rs.20 crore from its competitions' budget. What was Rs.62.25 crore in 23-24 will now be Rs.42.84 crore. With expenditure on it cut by Rs.4.02 crore, from Rs.14.20 to Rs.10.18 crore, I-League's first division will face a significant hit.

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